"animal charcoal" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} animal charcoal (uncountable)
  1. A fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones in a closed vessel; used as a filtering agent in sugar refining, and as an adsorbent and disinfectant. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: abaiser, bone black, bone char, bone charcoal, ivory black Related terms: vegetable carbon Translations (fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones): carvão animal [masculine] (Portuguese), cărbune animal [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-animal_charcoal-en-noun-NLbFJjeA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Allotropes of carbon

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